People have always assumed that because we are identical twins, and we happened to be best friends, that we must be really really identical. Like the same person. It’s true, we are quite alike in many ways. We have similar interests, sense of humor, and sometimes the whole twin telepathy thing is freaky real, but when it comes to personalities, we’re actually pretty different. Personality tests have been around for a while now, especially the fun ones like Which Hogwarts House Would You Belong In? or Which Star Wars Character Are You? But we discovered one online that provides a test that is a lot more scientific and, in our opinions, pretty darn fascinating!

The Big Five is a method used by scientists to measure and test personality. The interesting thing about this test is that it is not arranged by personality “types” because personalities are not, in fact, categorized that way, despite what all of those magazine quizzes tell us! The Big Five measures different traits by giving you a score in extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, negative emotionality, and openness to experience. You’re scored on a scale of 0 to 100, depending on how strongly you associate with that particular trait. We love how this test doesn’t just lump you into a “type” category, but gives you direct statements about your results, and even delves deeper into sub-traits. Another awesome feature of this test is that you can easily compare your results to other people! We couldn’t get over our results of this test and how accurate it was for each of us! Check it out on FiveThirtyEight.com. Were your results accurate, too? We thought this test was so much fun, but in case you are still curious about which Hogwarts house the sorting hat would put you in, click here for a quiz that was created by Time Magazine and social scientists from Cambridge University! Good luck!

Ismay & Indigo